CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

Richard MacManus reflects today upon an article that appeared in a local site which featured his story of turning blogging from a hobby into a Career. Richard says some very worthwhile stuff about the keys to his success – particularly the amount of work and time that’s gone into building ...more

Two weeks ago I asked readers for their opinion on whether external links on your blog should Open in a New Window? The conversation that resulted in the question was fascinating with 129 comments left (so far). Today I reread the full conversation and tallied up the results and was ...more

Bob has a good post detailing how he built up a blog on the domain Computers.net and sold it for $155,000. I get asked a lot of questions about how to sell a blog – but as I’m yet to do it I thought I’d do a speedlinking type post ...more

This guest post has been submitted by my son – little ‘X’ – who turned 1 today. I thought it was an appropriate day for him to make his debut as a blogger. I’ve been watching my Dad being a ProBlogger for a year now – here’s 5 things that ...more

The weekend is here and I’m looking forward to some fun. You see today is my Son’s first birthday party (his actual birthday is next Friday) and we’re getting together with family and friends to celebrate his first year as well as doing a dedication ceremony (sort of like a ...more

A few weeks back I asked readers for their opinion on a reader question – Should I Add Fake Comments to My Blog? 125 comments were left and I thought I’d sum it up with a quick graph to help visualize how people answered. I think this speaks for itself: ...more

Dave at Red Fly Marketing asks: “You mentioned that you would probably not sell problogger because it sells YOU so well. What advice do you have for business bloggers wishing to use blogging to increase their exposure and leverage that exposure to sell THEIR products?“ Thanks for the question – ...more

Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn’t it? While I’m the kind of guy that spends more time looking forward than dwelling on the past – I’m a firm believer that from time to time it can be a worthwhile exercise to look back on our experiences and let them help ...more

The following is a guest post by Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress and an excerpt from her popular book, Blogging Tips, Tips Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging. There are several “first impressions” your blog makes as it struggles to attract and hold on to readers. Few of those ...more